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Burst Laser 3 is a good weapon, but it always seems like resource-sink that doesn't quite pay off. 4 energy bars and a load time that slows you down makes BL3 lag behind other weapons in the late game. When I find a BL2, it's a must buy. When I find a BL3, it's a hassle to spend so much scrap to get it on my ship and running.


If the BL3 had six lasers, it would have the same firepower as two BL2s, but with a much longer load-time. It still wouldn't be as powerful as two BL2s, (and you would only be able to target one room at a time instead of two,) but it would be a much more viable choice in the late game. (When you don't have a choice, you take it anyways, but it still feels like the game gave you an albatross that's disguised as a top-tier weapon.)

It depends on the ship, as well as on the loadout.

For those that only have 3 slots, a Burst laser III might be better than 2 Burst laser II because it allows for more flexibility. It also works well with cloak. In any case, as you have rightfully noted, you do not often get to choose weapons, so their relative strenghts are not that relevant.

I'd say BL III is not the best weapon around, but it does not need to be one. It is good for what it is. When we are talking raw damage, there is no competition for the Halberd or Glaive Beams anyway.

I think a 6-shot BL3 would work fine in the game. I don't know if I'd consider it overpowered or just good. It's true that the current BL3 is only useful when you can't find anything else, and then when you can it's useful for 55 scrap